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Dakota Chapter
American
Fisheries Society |
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The Dakota Chapter is a chapter of the American Fisheries Society (AFS). Founded in 1870 as the American Fish Culturists’ Association, AFS is now an international society with over 8,500 members in 75 countries. AFS is open to anyone with an interest in aquatic science and education. Members are typically fishery and aquatic biologists, managers, fish culturists, researchers, administrators, educators, students, and other fisheries and aquatic resource professionals. The chapter provides several annual awards to professionals, conservation groups and students and scholarship opportunities to students (see Chapter Awards). Two scholarships, the Schmulbach Memorial Scholarship and the Sauger Scholarship, are awarded to undergraduate fisheries students each year.
The Dakota
Chapter was originally organized as the Upper Missouri River Chapter in
1963, and the first meeting was held in 1964.
Initially, membership included North Dakota, South Dakota, and
Montana. The chapter
changed its name to the Dakota Chapter in 1987, and membership then
included only North and South Dakota.
The Chapter is a participating member of the
North Central
Division, one of four North American geographical subdivisions within
the AFS. Chapter membership is composed of individuals from state and federal natural resource agencies, universities, and the private sector. The South Dakota State University Student Subunit is an affiliate of the Dakota Chapter. Annually, the Chapter is composed of about 100 members. Comments? Send an e-mail to: Mike Barnes |
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